Anti-social

For anyone who's been around Nate for the past 2 weeks, you will know that he's been pretty anti-social lately. Will start to sob if me or Greg step 2 feet away from him. At first it was flattering, now it's starting to be annoying :)

That being said, I was a little weary of how he'd react when I babysat Will last night. Lo and behold, he was great! (Probably because he spent most of his time climbing & playing in Will's carseat, but whatever, I'll take it.) The boys were so cute together....Will was walking back & forth constantly between the kitchen & living room, the whole time with either the microphone or Elmo phone in his mouth. And Nate either played quietly in the carseat, drank from his sippy, or stared at big boy Will walking.



This was the only time they got within touching distance of each other. Too funny!!
And dinnertime was interesting....me in the middle with a boy on each side. In between my bites, I'd feed Will mushed up table foods and retrieve his sippy from the floor, and then for Nate, I'd cut up more veggies and ravioli and make sure neither were choking. What a night! :) So fun though!!

My life will never be the same!

For once, I am blogging about something OTHER than my son. We got DVR!!!!!!!!!! I love it and have no idea why it took us so long to get it. It is super easy to use, and much much cheaper than we thought. And now that all of "my shows" are coming back on, I figured it was the perfect time to finally get DVR. It is wonderful!

And for all of you who are wondering - yes, we still have our trusty VCR. Someday it will be a collector's item.....like those Michael Jackson cokes, right Dad!? :)

When did our boys get so big??

Yesterday, we met Nate's BFF Will and his mommy, Casey, at the park for a playdate. The boys had fun in the swings, while we had "mommy talk." All of sudden, I was looking down at the boys and couldn't get over how big they've gotten!!! Nate has these super long and skinny legs (which we affectionately refer to as "chicken legs"), and Will is getting so big too! The first time we had Will in the bucket swings, his head was barely above the front of the swing. Now, he towers over it and looked like such a big boy in his new shoes! (And check out the last pic - he is starting to walk!!) I'm just amazed at how quickly our boys have grown up.....it makes me sad and happy at the same time.....I know we have so much to look forward to, but already I find myself saying "I want my baby boy back!!"

Nate loves an audience!

Nate had a special visitor this weekend - Aunt L! She flew in around dinnertime on Friday night, and we left Nate with a new babysitter. Even though she came highly recommended, we were nervous b/c she was only 19, a stranger to Nate, etc. However, he did great!!! And we had a good "night out on the town" in Nashville with L. We met up with an old friend that lives in Nashville, Dave Petrelli, and had dinner & drinks at a brewery on Broadway. Dave took us to The Stage. We played fashion police, had fun people-watching, and L&Dave enjoyed some Pabst Blue Ribbon (nasty, I know). We made it home a little after 11 pm, and our sitter said Nate had been an angel - thank goodness!

Saturday was a lazy day....we spent most of the day playing with Nate, watching football, but did manage to go out for pizza at Ahart's for lunch. Yum! Nate persuaded his Dad to give him some sweet tea for the first time, and it was a big hit. (But as you can imagine, with all that sugar & caffeine, Nate had a hard time settling down for his afternoon nap. Figures!) Nate was very entertaining all day with all of his funny faces. And like a good little puppy, he did all of his "tricks" for L and was very generous with his slobbery kisses. As a Wolfpack fan, L tried to teach Nate how to do the "woof woof" sign, but thank goodness, he didn't catch on! :) Greg cooked up a storm that night for dinner - beef fajitas are one of his specialties - and we had a delicious mexican fiesta. Nate got to chow down on one of his new favorite foods, tomatoes, so he was a happy camper.

Sunday, we tried out a new place for breakfast, Mimi's Cafe, and it was great. Even Nate enjoyed it - especially when he got to eat strawberries & bits of Aunt L's muffin. (Now that he is on whole milk, he is eating SO much more solid food!!) We had another lazy day after that, just hanging out at the house, watching football and Nate tear up the living room. Greg had a good time with one of Nate's birthday toys, the alphabet pal. He was trying his darndest to make it say cuss words. Awesome. My husband is so mature. (He did get a big laugh out of everyone when he made it say "fart.") I took L to the airport around 3:30 pm, and Nate was sad to see them go! He loves his Aunt L dearly and had so much fun playing with her!!

Wisteria Lane

I love our neighborhood!! It is full of families with kids, especially on our street (rather, our "circle"). And it seems to be growing each day....5 of the ladies on my street were pregnant this summer! We were really lucky to end up in such a great neighborhood, where everyone is so friendly and "neighborly."

Well, Greg & I try to go for a walk with Nate after dinner each night. It's a good way to get some fresh air, and also seems to calm him down for bedtime. We always see at least 1 or 2 neighbors out, with their kids, dogs, or both. Last night was no exception. Before we were hardly out of our driveway, our next door neighbors' kids came running to see "Baby Nate." Joshua is 6 and Mallory is 3. Their mom informed me that Mallory has recently named one of her baby dolls Baby Nate, and reads to her (yes, the doll is a girl) and kisses her every night before bed. She even puts pull-ups on Baby Nate. How sweet is that?? And Joshua has already promised to teach Nate how to throw a baseball when he gets old enough. (Joshua thinks he's hot stuff right now b/c he got a grand slam this weekend in his game! :)

Nate also lights up when he sees any of the neighborhood dogs. He waves hi and gets a huge smile each time. His favorite dog to pet is Cody, a medium-sized dog (a sheltie maybe?) that lives across the street. (That family is one of the preggos....Susan is having a baby girl in December.) Nate loves when Cody licks/kisses his toes! We do want to get a dog for Nate one day, b/c it's obvious he adores them, but it will have to wait a few years. (We have to wait till he's old enough to help with walking/feeding/scooping the poop!!)

Lots to tell

I feel like I've been slacking lately with the blog, so for that I apologize. When you see what we've been up to, hopefully you'll understand why I've been so busy!!

Nate has had quite a 2 weeks. Ever since his doctor's appt on 8/25, things have gone downhill. He caught a bad cold and then had a few bad side effects from his vaccinations (fever of 103 and a chicken pox-like rash). Oh, and to top it off, he's still constipated. Yes, TMI, sorry. Today, he still has a snotty nose and a hard time napping b/c he has drainage in his throat that he chokes on when he lies down to sleep. Yes, this little boy has been pitiful. But thru it all, he has managed to smile & kiss me & make me laugh every day! :)

He has been doing quite a few new things, so I will share those below....

1. He points to EVERYTHING and wants you to name it (coffee table, stairs, fan, tv, clock, etc). He says "uh da, da, da da, uh da" constantly when he's pointing. I swear, I think he thinks he's talking in sentences.

2. He is cutting two more teeth on the bottom. This will be #7 and #8!

3. He can stick out his tongue on command (I will give you one guess as to who taught him that trick - Dad!)

4. He loves to give open-mouth, slobbery kisses when you ask for them.

5. He has started wiping off his bottle and sippy cup with the burp cloth after he's done drinking milk. Too funny! Guess he sees me do it. I love a clean boy!

6. He is doing well with the transition to whole milk. 3 of his 4 bottles are mostly whole milk, and he hasn't seemed to notice. Still on the bottle though - couldn't transition to the sippy right now too - too much at once!

7. He loves to dance (aka bounce) to his Fridge DJ and Wiggles dvd. He's got some rhythm, I tell ya!

8. We went to our first Kindermusik class today and had a great time! It's a weekly class for 15 weeks, and involves music, dancing, instruments, instructions, etc. I am hoping it will be a good outlet for some of Nate's excess energy :) and it's a fun way to meet other moms.

9. We are almost completely done with baby food - just have a few days' supply left. He devours his table food at dinner, but we are working on trying different options at breakfast & lunch. Right now, any fruits are high on his list. And cheese of course. And Maggie Moo's...... :)